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It's time to kill California's bullet train boondoggle
Sacramento Bee ^
| 1/8/12
| Dan Walters
Posted on 01/08/2012 8:48:35 AM PST by SmithL
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To: redheadtoo
You raise an excellent point.
I am a long-distance train commuter. I ride a train in to downtown LA for 70 minutes each way, every weekday. Although a few stretches of the track allow us to go 70mph, most of the track is graded (or whatever the term is) so as to allow only a rambling 25-30mph.
I ask about this, and I am told there is no money to upgrade the tracks.
Why is an entirely superfluous, dangerous $200++ HSR project given higher priority in this whackadoo state than upgrading existing roads and (outdated) rails?
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posted on
01/08/2012 9:42:57 AM PST
by
pogo101
To: SmithL
If I don’t live in California, why should I care?
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posted on
01/08/2012 9:57:42 AM PST
by
Rich21IE
To: leapfrog0202
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posted on
01/08/2012 10:18:12 AM PST
by
leapfrog0202
("the American presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discovery" Sarah Palin)
To: Rich21IE
If I don’t live in California, why should I care?
Excellent Question. This entire high-speed rail project was dreamed up in Washington DC, and presented to the states. California has already been promised $3.9 billion for their "rail to nowhere", with a lot more forthcoming if the project ever does get underway. If High Speed Rail is built in California, you will help pay for it, regardless of whether it is successful or not.
More at Keyword: HighSpeedRail.
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posted on
01/08/2012 10:26:33 AM PST
by
SmithL
(If you reward certain behavior, don't be surprised if you see more of that behavior)
To: Rich21IE
If I don’t live in California, why should I care? Fed taxes pay for about 50% of this boondoggle.
California thanks you for your contribution.
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posted on
01/08/2012 3:40:24 PM PST
by
hattend
(If I wanted you dead, you'd be dead. - Cameron Connor)
To: Texas Eagle
You would be surprised at just how many otherwise intelligent (and allegedly highly educated) Californians have no idea just where money actually comes from.
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posted on
01/08/2012 6:17:50 PM PST
by
Seaplaner
(Never give in. Never give in. Never...except to convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
To: Seaplaner
You would be surprised at just how many otherwise intelligent (and allegedly highly educated) Californians have no idea just where money actually comes from. Actually, I wouldn't. Despite what my nick might suggest, I actually live in this bowl of fruits, flakes and nuts called California.
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posted on
01/08/2012 6:22:06 PM PST
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
To: hattend
sad; and there’s probably no stopping this boondogle.
Well...........when they’ve finally spent so much they can’t borrow any more, they’ll have no choice except to stop spending.
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posted on
01/09/2012 5:06:13 AM PST
by
Rich21IE
To: SmithL
No one wants to travel from Southern California to Northern California. Vegas, San Diego, Hell! Maybe even Phoenix, but Northern California defeats the point of living in California. The weather.
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posted on
01/09/2012 12:20:49 PM PST
by
Smogger
To: pogo101
Why is an entirely superfluous, dangerous $200++ HSR project given higher priority in this whackadoo state than upgrading existing roads and (outdated) rails?
I live in Orange County. I don't think the state has spent any money in OC for roads in the past twenty years.
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